Making a Cushier Cush Drive

[belfastguzzi]

Don't call Ratchet surely. I'm (almost) positive he's male.

No best not, though sometimes I think he feels surly: don't you think so Mock, er, Mick?

Other times, I think that he feels bruce. Em, sorry, I mean he seems brusque.

 

(15 yet????)

[docc]

I've learned something already. I thought 'peon' was something illegal to do on Mexican roadsides and New Orleans doorways.

[Guest ratchethack]

Well, this IS embarrassing. I only posted to hear myself speak, and shot my ENTIRE WAD!!

Must...recharge...(gasp)....my...load. Please (gasp).....carry..on................without...me...(gasp).

 

Awwww, OK, here's some sharing before I go back to being useful - "peon" is one who walks (rather than rides); while "pean" is a hymn of praise.

Now that was productive, OBND, if not so very brilliant. My spelling is always suspect, and I always appreciate proper correction.

 

I am indeed indebted.

 

But is a spelling correction to wot I just posted all y'got?

 

Certainly such a, er, pointed post as your previous one has something else behind it that's been bottled up and, err, fermenting for. . . er, at least several seasons prior to today??

 

C'mon now. Seems you've got somethin' really dark, smelly and nasty inside that apparently flew up one orifice or other out o' the blue, and it's apparently well festered and swollen, just itchin' to split open and disgorge all its pus, gas, and infection all over this thread today. Lance that fevered boil! Excise that tumor. Expunge the enflamed gland! Drain that putrid blockage. . .Let 'er rip . . . I'm sure it'll be a tremendous relief to let it all go. Cathartic, even.

 

Speaking only for myself now, I was hoping for something more along the lines of, you know, wot I mentioned earlier -- one gleaming morsel of purely radiant, stellar magnificence. A tidbit. Pearls before swine. Scatter a few meager coins o' the realm in the dust for such plebeian shlubs as meself.

 

But then, after your opening post in this thread, I'm sure the rest of the Forum awaits with equally bated breath on the edges of our globally distributed chairs for much the same. . .

 

I reckon I was hoping for something along the lines of an example of this:

I have vastly more experience and insight into this (and all other) topics. . .

. . .As may actually have some bearing on the subject matter at hand??

 

After all, the bar has been set quite high (by yourself) for delivering on the expectations YOU set, OBND, (see above). You certainly got our full attention. Please do oblige your audience.

 

If you've got "vastly more experience and insight into this (and all other) topics", I ain't seen any evidence yet.

 

But I reckon you've truly got the floor NOW , my friend.

[dlaing]

 

C'mon now. Seems you've got somethin' really dark, smelly and nasty inside that apparently flew up one orifice or other out o' the blue, and it's apparently well festered and swollen, just itchin' to split open and disgorge all its pus, gas, and infection all over this thread today. Lance that fevered boil! Excise that tumor. Expunge the enflamed gland! Drain that putrid blockage. . .Let 'er rip . . . I'm sure it'll be a tremendous relief to let it all go. Cathartic, even.

 

Table manners puh-leeeeeze

I just ate...

[luhbo]

 

 

 

Before you go out to drill these holes, are you sure you have your rubbers lubed?

 

Hubert

[g.forrest]

and i never thought this thread would ever be worth the read! but ratchets short novels are becoming quite entertaining. carry on but dave, it could never beat ''global warming''

[Guest Nogbad]

 

But then, after your opening post in this thread, I'm sure the rest of the Forum awaits with equally baited breath on the edges of our globally distributed chairs for much the same. . .

 

 

Hate to mention this Hackretch, but it's BATED breath. Unless you intend to catch fish by blowing into the water.......

 

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bated

[Guest ratchethack]

Mr. Knobgobble! I'm pleased to welcome you back to the kerfuffle. (Make sure I spelled that correctly, if you please? I reckon you'll find it in y'er Oxford Dictionary of English. If not, I'm sure it's in y'er Funk & Wagnall's.)

 

But by all means, please bear no hatred in your soul over mentioning spelling corrections. None wotsoever! Our most previous resident spell checker seems to've acquired a nasty infection borne of some serious hatred that flew up one orifice or other. Gotta watch that. Once these things take hold, they can go septic and become pretty gruesome, you know. . .

 

By the by -- The eminently quotable Pete Roper had an uncannily insightful and timely observation merely a few days in advance of a perfect fit f'er the aforementioned (I refer to our previous spellchecker's first post on this thread). He said,

 

". . .you have to accept that there are social inadequates out there for whom the oportunity to insult people while not actually contributing anything is just far too much fun to be allowed to pass by. While tiresome they are a minor irritant."

 

-- P. Roper,

Guzzi Exchange

, Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:33 pm

As usual, Pete nails it with characteristic aplomb (do check that one). When we ride the horse, we accept such things as dung flies in the paddock with little notice and not much bother. . .

 

Thanks for the kerrection, Noggy!

[Skeeve]

Mr. Knobgobble! I'm pleased to welcome you back to the kerfuffle. (Make sure I spelled that correctly, if you please? I reckon you'll find it in y'er Oxford Dictionary of English. If not, I'm sure it's in y'er Funk & Wagnall's.)

....

 

Thanks for the kerrection, Noggy!

 

FWIW, I find it a constant irritant to see phrases bandied about online wherein the user clearly doesn't know what they're writing [& hence, should refrain from using such phrases until they've had the time to look up their proper use.]

 

Things like the above mentioned "baited breath" [more usually mis-used as "baited breathe" ], "disk breaks" (vs "brakes"), etc. etc.

 

Of course, sometimes I can cut the poster some slack, like when I know that English w/ its myriad idiosyncracies is not their 1st language (or even 2nd or 3rd, more power to'em!), but I'm ruthless when it comes to someone who's a native English (o.k., "'Murrican") speaker.

 

But then, I'm the sort of A.R. prick that catches my own misspellings before the spell-checker can catch them. Which is probably why it took me 5 minutes to type this, instead of the 30secs it clearly takes most to do so!

 

But hey, as long as you ride a Guzzi, I figure I can let it slide...

[Guest ratchethack]

. . .I'm the sort of A.R. prick that catches my own misspellings before the spell-checker can catch them. Which is probably why it took me 5 minutes to type this, instead of the 30secs it clearly takes most to do so!

Skeeve, I now extend you ALSO my formal invitation to join the party, along with my above separately posted, and most sincere welcome and thanks to both OBND and Knobgad. . . By all means, pile on with the Spelling Police! Please grant me NO SLACK wotsoever WRT spelling or improper use of language!

 

. . .With my most sincere thanks in advance f'er the effort!

 

While I'm arguably a fairly A.R. prick meself , I do fairly regularly consult dictionaries, (hard copy and online) but I never EVER use spell checker when posting.

 

Spell checker tends to choke up mighty quick on my posts. On second thought, I b'lieve it tends to gag a bit more than it tends to puke. . .

 

No doubt you've also noticed that I take horrendous license and shameful liberties with the language, particularly when it comes to colloquialisms (look that 'un up in y'er F&W! ), slang, and even make up me own contractions at will. . .

 

Why, there oughtta be a law. . .

[richard100t]

Post #221 & this thread is winding into a spelling bee :!: Would anyone care to try shoehorning a global warming comment or two here while we're at it?

Hows my spellimg?

[dlaing]

Post #221 & this thread is winding into a spelling bee :!: Would anyone care to try shoehorning a global warming comment or two here while we're at it?

Hows my spellimg?

Brake out the ban hammer!

 

ENJOY!

Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly neologisms, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.

 

The winners are:

 

1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.

 

2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.

 

3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

 

4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.

 

5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.

 

6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown.

 

7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.

 

8. Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavored mouthwash.

 

9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.

 

10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.

 

11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.

 

12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.

 

13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.

 

14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.

 

15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief that, when you die, your Soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.

 

16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.

 

The Washington Post's Style Invitational also asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

 

Here are this year's winners:

 

1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

 

2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

 

3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.

 

4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

 

5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

 

6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

 

7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.

 

8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

 

9. Karmageddon (n): its like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

 

10 Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

 

11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.

 

12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

 

13. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

 

14. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

 

15. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.

 

And the pick of the literature:

 

16. Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

[Guest h8chains]

Dave, if you're going to proceed with your alternate material idea, we can talk about it on the next ride. Rubber and plastic molding is my background, and work for a company doing vibration isolators for fixed wing planes and dampers for helicopters. I also have access to elastomer testing equipment.

 

Currently, we developed something for helicopters using silicone oil to replace the molded rubber. It's like removing the rubber inside the hub and fill the chamber with liquid silicone and keep a tight seal. There are ports inside to allow the silicone oil to circulate a little bit.

[Pierre]

Dave, if you're going to proceed with your alternate material idea, we can talk about it on the next ride. Rubber and plastic molding is my background, and work for a company doing vibration isolators for fixed wing planes and dampers for helicopters. I also have access to elastomer testing equipment.

 

Currently, we developed something for helicopters using silicone oil to replace the molded rubber. It's like removing the rubber inside the hub and fill the chamber with liquid silicone and keep a tight seal. There are ports inside to allow the silicone oil to circulate a little bit.

Way cool!

 

BTW, I still think aluminum wedges (swiss cheesed if you like) with narrow and soft urethane edges might be a better way to control and soften shock loading without building in excessive cushion / movement. Three sets in the wheel oughta' do it, and would pretty much eliminate fear of catastrophic failure.

 

Hope you guys decide to whip something up. I'll bet there's been some studies somewhere on the nature of drive line shock loading, and the kind of (rate, duration) cushioning that is optimum for reducing its destructive force.

 

Thanks for diving in, chain h8er. Amazing what resources are available right here in SoCal.

[dlaing]

Dave, if you're going to proceed with your alternate material idea, we can talk about it on the next ride. Rubber and plastic molding is my background, and work for a company doing vibration isolators for fixed wing planes and dampers for helicopters. I also have access to elastomer testing equipment.

 

Currently, we developed something for helicopters using silicone oil to replace the molded rubber. It's like removing the rubber inside the hub and fill the chamber with liquid silicone and keep a tight seal. There are ports inside to allow the silicone oil to circulate a little bit.

Cool!

I really want to get a durometer reading on the pucks.

Hydraulic damping could surely result in a great ride, if only if it could be done easily...

We'll research and talk